Frank Adams Co., Inc. v. Baker

Defendant-appellant, Raymond H. Baker, asserts in his single assignment of error that the trial court erred in failing to apply the statute of frauds, R.C. 1302.04, 1 to the transaction between the parties; he claims that the court should not have rendered judgment against him for $4,753.32. We hold that the trial court properly decided that the statute of frauds was not a bar to recovery by plaintiff-appellee, Frank Adams & Co., Inc.

The transaction involved the purchase and sale of steel reinforcing rods for a retaining wall at the site of the residence that defendant was contemplating…